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September 2, 2008

Oh, Fashion

In Target yesterday my mouth literally dropped as I passed a rack of jeans that were hideous. Acid washed. With tapered ankles and buttons. I mean, come on. I know styles cycle through the years and make a comeback but certainly there are fashion statements that taught us a lesson to never go there again... like these jeans. Please someone tell me crunchy, poofy bangs are not making a comeback, too?

In other fashion news, I finished the baby's sweater! And had enough yarn left over that I decided to make her a little hat. I can't wait for her to wear it!

I hope the jeans DO come back, minus the acid washing. I LOVE tapered legs, and HATE the stupid low waist bands. I also will do a happy dance if my poofy 80's bangs come back! I have to fight not to curl them back and spray them and tease them every day. It is a battle.

Thank goodness I kept mine--I knew they would make a comeback!!! And when football size shoulder pads come back, I'm gonna be so in the fashion!!!

Hee hee~!

You knew the eighties had to come back...we've already re-packaged the 70's in every variation and style--actually saw a fashion spread on caftans--those were part of my mom's hipster look back in the day...Blessings!

That is the cutest little sweater. I love the hat. I am so glad you had enough to make it. Hope you are feeling well. Only nine more days for me and then I will know if we have another little girl or maybe I will be stepping into your world with a boy.

Let's just face the facts that unless you are 5'10" and 102 lbs. you should NOT wear skinny jeans!!! I'm far from being model skinny but still all about fashion. There is no way you'll find my fat behind in those jeans. For once I'ld rather be out of style in my boot cuts than try to pull the "in" look off. On a much cuter note the baby's sweater and hat are beautiful. I love the color!

BTW, I was at Target one day and saw a dress that was hideous! It was printed on the wrong side of the fabric, intentionally, and the the belt was printed on the right side! It looked really strange, to say the least. I know that anyone who wears it is going to have many well-intentioned souls tapping them on the shoulder, whispering, "Did you know your dress is on inside-out?" There were an awful lot of the dresses still on the rack, so maybe no unfortunate souls bought the ugly things!

Oh no, not acid washed jeans. Well, for those of us who have already lived through that phase, we certainly don't have to do it again. I know for sure that I will NOT be having the mile high bangs ever again! :)

Every fashion makes a come back. That's when you get a new vision of what you really looked like when you thought you looked so great. Usually the comeback fashion gets reworked a little though so it isn't exactly the same. When I was in junior high all the girls wanted to bleach their bangs blond. My mother wouldn't let me do it - good thing - it's much to hard to bleach really dark hair and it looks weird too.

I didn't know acid-washed jeans and hand-knit baby sweaters could go together so nicely in one post.

But I think it's important to remember that these trends (the '80s, not the babies) feed off of resistance. The more we cringe at acid-induced flashbacks, the more strongly they'll emerge. The trend of an 80s rebirth may be building out of the youthful desire to stand out from or rebel against the previous generation. And the most effective way to do that is to force us to relive an era we'd rather forget.

The only counter attack is to compliment kids in acid-washed, tapered-leg jeans. Say things like, "Oh, those are really fancy slacks," or "I used to have a pair just like those, but I never looked as neato as you do."

Embrace the '80s, and they'll go away (he said as he set his DVR to record 90210 tonight at 10:30 with extra time alotted just in case the Cubs game goes long).

I was walking through the mall with my little brother (who just turned 13.) We saw a very skinny kid wearing "those" jeans. "Oh my gosh, Hogan, what is HE wearing?!?" "Oh, he's just EMO," replied my brother... After he explained emo to me, I explained the 80's to him. Not like I really experienced it though. I was born in '84!

HATE THOSE JEANS. I saw mannequins wearing those at Woodfield Mall last month. It hurt my eyes. I thought maybe I was just jealous because I wouldn't be able to get my ankles through the opening, but I guess it's the style of the jean that is just awful, not just my large ankles.

Jeans like that scream run, don't walk away! I don't think crunchy bangs can make a return either, because um, didn't they outlaw those hairspray bottles needed to make them, for killing the ozone or something?

great sweater though. And great 5 minutes for parenting work. A blogger linked me to the potty article after reading my own poop perils, and well, it was like a breath of fresh air. Which around here, is pretty rare these days.

Jeans like that scream run, don't walk away! I don't think crunchy bangs can make a return either, because um, didn't they outlaw those hairspray bottles needed to make them, for killing the ozone or something?

great sweater though. And great 5 minutes for parenting work. A blogger linked me to the potty article after reading my own poop perils, and well, it was like a breath of fresh air. Which around here, is pretty rare these days.

I'm with you. I don't care WHO says those stupid skinny jeans are "in." They make me look like I have two butts, so I'm never wearing them again. I swore off any jeans except for boot-cut/flare in middle school after a boy accused me of wearing highwaters. :-(

I love the little sweater/hat set! I didn't realize you were so crafty.

You did a great job on the sweater! I keep thinking about picking up my knitting needles...but then I remember that I've only made hats. Maybe I'll be brave and tackle something with a bit more of a challenge this fall!